On paper, to the regulars chandu's and manzeer's teams look the strongest. The results suggested cricket is very predictable (wonder how the betting industry survives). Game 1 was Chandu vs Kalyan, chandu's side were weakened by the absence of Sekar, their premier fast bowler. Kalyan's side was yet to discover its confidence. The result was expected with Kalyan's side batting first managing only 68 runs in the alloted 16 overs and in the process losing 9 wickets. Alok datar was the top scorer with 12 runs and the rest of the batsmen scored in single digits. The bowling attack was led by Chandu and Poorna.
Before we talk about the chase, the emergence of two players needs to be discussed. Vaibhav from kalyan's side and Nachiket on chandu's.. Vaibhav was a surprise as his presence in Logan's cricketing circle had been a closely guarded secret, his fleeting presence could only be found in his lab. He did not play for long but showed enough promise to claim a higher position in the batting order. Any bowler would be proud of a statistic of 3 overs and 3 runs, lest a player making his debut in an alien land playing with a bunch of strangers. Nachiket, the boy from Maharastra made an instant impact with his accurate bowling and disconcerting bounce. We are going to see a lot from these two as the tournament progresses...
Chandu's side chased the total without any hiccups in 15 overs, with Shanti and Asif scoring the bulk of the runs. Karthik and Chandu played a steady hand towards the end to take their teams home. The bowling attack looked toothless and even the warne like variations of Kalyan could not save them from a certain defeat. One of the stronger teams had lived up to its pre-tournament billing. All eyes were on Manzeer now....
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